Historical Memory

The Gogora Institute has just recognized Letamendi as a victim of Francoism, who was tortured by the Franco police in Madrid 75 years ago.\u00He was a member of the A0PNV and a symbol of anti-Franco resistance.

There will be honours in Ondarroa and Bilbao on 19 and 22 December to repair his honour and dignity.

The March 3 Association regrets that it has not received any assurances as to how to maintain the signed agreement and that no follow-up committee has been convened to extend the agreement. "If the agreement is not complied with, the Memorial has no cause for the victims," the association warns.

EITB has spoken to Mikel Paredes, brother of Txiki, and Mertxe Urtuzaga, cousin of Otegi, who first remembered the parents of the victims, who died before their confession, and then wanted to thank those who have accompanied them over the years, especially the lawyer and professor Juanjo Alvarez, for their work in the recognition process.

At the request of the families and in application of Law 20/2022 on Democratic Memory, the Spanish Government has approved the Declaration of Recognition and Personal Reparation in favour of Jon Paredes Txiki and Angel Otaegi, recognizing that they were persecuted for "political reasons, courts without guarantees and victims of human rights violations".

The young men accused of pushing and touching in the parish of Doce Apostoles (Madrid) during a protest against a mass in honour of Franco.

The network calls for recognition of all alleged cases of torture to ensure truth, justice and reparation, while the association denounces "impunity" in the cases of Raúl Fuentes and Mikel Zabalza.

The President has stressed the "contrast" between the gesture of historical responsibility of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the failure to acknowledge the damage caused by the Chief Representative of the Spanish State.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier Alemania's president and First Lady Elke Büdenbender participated this Friday in an emotional event held in Gernika, in which the president, Felipe VI and various institutional representatives also participated.

Euskadi Irratia has interviewed two women who lived through the bombing of 1937 and remember their experiences at the time. They both remember very well what happened that day and their testimonies are very important so as never to forget what they suffered.

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

Gernika will host tomorrow a solemn act of remembrance for the victims of the 1937 bombing, which will be attended for the first time by a German president. Frank-Walter Steinmeier has recently acknowledged the "serious crimes" committed by the Germans in Gernika and will pay tribute to the victims today, accompanied by King Philip VI of Spain and President Pradales.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is coming to Gernika this Friday to commemorate the victims of the Gernika bombing. The day before, John Voss (honorary consul of Germany in the Basque Country) and the mayor of Gernika, Jose Maria Gorroño, spoke.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended the Congress of Deputies this afternoon, and from there he went to the Reina Sofia Museum to see Picasso's' Guernica '.

40 years ago Mikel Zabalza was arrested and killed by the Civil Guard. It has never been officially clarified what happened. He was from Orabaiz and worked as a bus driver in San Sebastian. When he disappeared, his colleagues used a bus to protest, and even four decades later they took out a bus with the same proclamation:  'There is no driver here.

40 years ago Mikel Zabalza was arrested and killed by the Civil Guard. It has never been officially clarified what happened. He was from Orabaiz and worked as a bus driver in San Sebastian. When he disappeared, his colleagues used a bus to protest, and even four decades later they took out a bus with the same proclamation:  'There is no driver here.

After expressing his respect and solidarity with Zabalza's family, Sanchez has called on the parliamentary groups in the Congress of Deputies to work together to get behind the Franco law in force today and push through the new law on official secrets.